Translate SIDs to Their Display Name

PsGetsid enables an administrator to translate SIDs to their display name and vice versa. It works on builtin accounts, domain accounts, and local accounts.

Usage: psgetsid [\\computer[,computer[,...] | @file] [-u username [-p password]]] [account|SID]

If administrator is in need to see a computer's SID just pass the computer's name as a command-line argument. If administrator’s requirement is to see a user's SID, name the account (e.g. "administrator") on the command-line and an optional computer name.

Administrator needs to specify a user name if the account he is running running from doesn't have administrative privileges on the computer he wants to query. If administrator doesn't specify a password as an option, PsGetSid will prompt for it so that administrator can type it in without any issue.

PsGetSid is part of Sysinternals command-line tools named “PsTools” and can be downloaded from here.

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